Full Text of this Amendment

SA 411. Mr. MCCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 782, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of the bill, add the following:
SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT ETHANOL BLENDER PUMPS OR ETHANOL STORAGE FACILITIES.
Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, no funds made available by Federal law (including funds in any trust fund to which funds are made by Federal law) shall be expended for the construction of an ethanol blender pump or an ethanol storage facility.

(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Jun 7, 2011.)

S. Amdt. 412

McCain, John [R-AZ]

June 7, 2011

Offered on June 6, 2011.

To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act.

To amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) to strengthen the economic impact analyses for major rules, require agencies to analyze the effect of major rules on jobs, and require adoption of the least burdensome regulatory means.

To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an Energy Efficiency Loan Program under which the Secretary shall make funds available to States to support financial assistance provided by qualified financing entities for making qualified energy efficiency or renewable efficiency improvements.